The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-09-24
SOUTHERN eL.EANINcs.


poor quality Of the food of the prisoners.
Several large sheds in New Orleans,
formerly used for housing lumber, fell
with a crash few days ago, kill.
ing two persons and wounding four more.
The killed were John Henry Tucker, q
steamboatman, fifty-three years old,
native Of Louisville, and lately employed
as steward on the steamboat H. j. Dickey,
aud Peter Behrman, a newsboy, eleven
years old The wounded were Gus New.
man, barber, and his boy, John. Baker,
Frank Lambert, a boy, and Herman
Poland, an umbrella maker. Poland was
badly crushed and will probably die. The
Others will doubtless recover.
A negro woman at Dealsville, Ala,
locked her four children, the eldest eight
years OF age, in her cabin few night ago
and went to church. When she returned
the cabin was on fire. The pitsous wa lis
from the little ones within when roasting
to death were still audible, but nothing
could be done to eXtricats them from the
flames, as the roof of the house had fallen
in upon them. When the flames had
spent their fury the charred remains OF
all four Of the children were found in the
debris.
During August q series Of disastrous
fires occurred on Dade's farm, few miles
above Henderson, KY. In four successive
weeks Mr. Dade suffered tho loss of his
various crops, barns and farming imple-
ments, until every thing on the place was
! destroyed, making total loss of $4,000.
The fires were Tlainly the work of an in
/ ii
suspicion on tenant on the Dade farm, a
negro named Hcott. After securing oil the
evidence possible, an officer went out to
arrest Scott few days ago, and succeed
ed only by putting bullet into him. He
was taken to Henderson and placed in
jail. He will recover from his wound.
A resident of Benton County, Ark, re-
Gently killed an eight.foot rattlesnake.
A Key West (Fla.) dispatch says there
has been no fever there since the LIST inst.
Creos )ted pine ties are considered more
valuabl. than oak by many Southern en-
gneers
A prohibition convention, to be held
September % at Stanton, has been called
4 by two hundred lawyers, farmers and
ministers OF Virginia.
Governor Gordon of Georgia has signed
the wneroom bill, which imposes tax oil
$4,000 on all wine-rooms.
A wildcat killed in Clay County, Miss.
one day recently, by J. N. Cogdell, meas.
ured from the end of its moustache to the
tip of its tail five feet and eleven inches
and weighed thirty mine and three-eighthl
pounds.
Two of the worst moonshiners i'll North
Carolina, Wiley Stoks and Napol col
Bonaparte Taylor, are in Jail at Whining
ton, captured at last. They are boil
murderers.
James Mason, patrolman on the Knox
vile (Tenn.) police force, accidental!
shot and mortally wounded himself few
nights ago in trying to quell riot amori
a gang of toughs.
Ex-Governor Luke Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, died at Frankfort, a few day
ago, after lingering illness. He wa
eminent as a physician and a philanthro
pist.
The Chattanooga (Tenn) Times report
that the white, rust-proof iron ore, hither
to found only in Sweden, has been dis
covered in the mountains near that city
The ore is said to contain s.xtY-fye pc
cent. of pure iron, while the bed is 81,
feet thick and of great extent.
At Rockhill, S. c., few days ago, Rev
Z. C. Price, Methodist minister, wa
publicly cowhided by J. B. johnson 70
circulating scandalous stories about John
sons sister Friends of both persons hav
taken up the quarrel, and more seriou
trouble is anticipated
The Baptist Church at Hartford, KY
was totally destroyed by fire few night
ago. The building was new and cos
$4,000, The fire was the work of an in
cendiary, as no lights had been used in tn
church for two or three days.
Mr.. Willis p. Chisholm, a prominen
citizen Of Atlanta, Ga, is seeking to over
throw the will left by his deceased wife
A few years ago Mr.. Chisholm made owe
to his wife $4,000 worth of property
When she died it was discovered that sh
: had bequeathed it to her own relatives
ignoring her husband.
Mr.. J. l.. Bargesley, deputy sheriff o
Edwards County, Tex, recently went
Nashville, Tenn, where he obtained
requisition from Governor Taylor for JiI
Thompson, white man who was arreste
and held at jackson charged with mul
dering Mr.. John Neal, in Edwards CouI
ty, Tex, about one year ago. Deput
, Sheriff Bargesley says Thompson is Gel
tainly the murderer.
A. y. Johnson, a white man, who muir
dered ]. w. Dowell, near Birmingham
Ala, few weeks ago, was arrested nea
Macon, Miss, by c. Hardin aud S. I. Hol
and lodged in Jail. Johnson's relative
> live in that neighborhood, and he had bee
hanging around ever since the murde
There is large reward offered for b
! capture and delivery to the authorities ,
q Birmingham. He expressed willingness
/ to return TO Birmingham without requ
9 sition from the Governor of Alabama.
= Louis aud Jack Bates, colored, viii
cleaning out a we'll near Montgomer,
Ais, few days ago, met with fearf'
fate. Louis was in the vel, and called
!, his brother to draw him up, which he at on'
: proceeded to do, but when half way OF
Louis fell back dead Jack went down
rescue his brother but the choke dam
was so great that he, too, died in fe
minutes. Their dead bodies were brougl
to the surface by means of drags.
>